Giorgos Mountrakis

Research grants (in chronological order):

• “Using LIDAR to assess the roles of climate and land-cover dynamics as drivers of change in biodiversity”
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Role: PI with Bill Porter, Colin Beier, Lianjun Zhang and Ben Zuckerberg, Amount: ~$809,000 , Duration: 2009-2012
  More Information: Work starts in Sept/2009

• “Satellite-derived anthropogenic land use/land cover changes: Integrating detection, modeling and educational approaches”
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Role: PI , Amount: $359,341 , Duration: 2008-2011
  More Information: Integrate remote sensing classifiers with urban growth models.

• “Establishing a Novel Forest Assessment Method: The Forestless Volume Indicator”
  USDA – Forest Service
  Role: PI , Amount: ~$120,000 (including 50% SUNY-ESF match), Duration: 2008-2010
  More Information: Proposal selected by NUCFAC panel.

• “Bridging the temporal mismatch between remotely-sensed land use changes and field-based water quality/quantity observations”
  Syracuse Center of Excellence
  Role: PI with Karin Limburg and Myrna Hall, Amount: $100,000 , Duration: 2008-2009
  More Information: Announcement.

• “Incorporating Spatially-Explicit Uncertainty Metrics in Image-Derived Classification of Impervious Surfaces”
  National Science Foundation
  Role: PI , Amount: $50,000 , Duration: 2007-2008
  More Information: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0648393

• “An Integrated Monitoring/Modeling Framework for Assessing Human-Nature Interactions in Urbanizing Watersheds: Wappinger and Onondaga Creek Watersheds”
  Syracuse Center of Excellence
  Role: Co-PI with Karin Limburg (PI), Myrna Hall and Peter Groffman , Amount: $300,000 , Duration: 2006-2008
  More Information: http://www.syracusecoe.org/CARTI/cartiawards06.aspx

• “Monitoring Human-Induced Land Use Changes along the Great Lakes”
  Great Lakes Research Consortium
  Role: PI , Amount: $10,000 , Duration: 2006-2007
  More Information: Funder’s Homepage

• “Synergetic Use of Satellite Imagery and Ancillary Data for Impervious Surface Estimation in the contiguous US”
  National Academies of Science and US Geological Survey
  Role: PI , Amount: ~$80,000 , Duration: 2004-2005
  More Information: Funder’s Homepage

For articles related to these projects, visit the publications section. You can also check the research portfolio section for past and ongoing activities.